Perry Schafer News Today

DAYTONA BEACH — A required beach access pedestrian walkway on the northern boundary of the controversy-plagued construction site of the $192 million Protogroup twin-tower hotel-condominium project was closed again this week, at least for a time, just as Bike Week visitors started to arrive for the annual 10-day event. “We come down here every year and I don’t know how you get down to the ocean anymore,” said Perry Schafer, 60, a guest at the 10-room Sea Dunes hotel, located at the bas...

Baylor in a still from "The Mountain Dogs" by Aynsley Floyd Every so often, an animal captures the heart of the general public. This year, those creatures included the winner of Alaskas annual Katmai Conservancy Fat Bear Week tournament; Joe Bidens shelter dog, Major; and every feline who participated in the worldwide phenomenon of cat-butt Zoom-bombing. On a sadder note, in Vermont and New Hampshire, 2020 saw the deaths of several prominent animals t...